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Reviewer: 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have not been able to get a full night's sleep in many years. After taking numerous prescription sleep aids I decided to go off all of these medications. I now take a Tylenol PM about 1/2 hr before bed and sit and sip on a cup of hot Sleepy Time tea. No side effects and most nights only get up maybe once to hit the bathroom and then go back to bed and go to sleep. For many years once my f
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I took Restoril once. I slept for three hours, then woke up. While walking down the hallway, I lost my balance quite suddenly, then fell and hit my head. I never took a second dose.
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Reviewer: cgray, 55-64 Female (Patient)
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I wake with a head ach, dark eye circles and agitated. The 6-8 hour sleep is not worth the side effects.
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Reviewer: JVR, Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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One pill not enough. Two pills too much.
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Reviewer: Ggrimes, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I've had trouble sleeping for the past few months. I got temazepan 15's and 1 pill before bedtime worked fine. Then shortly 1 pill wasn't doing anything so I took 2. After a bottle it wasn't working so I bumped up to the 30 mg. that worked a few days but now it's taking 3-4 30mg to knock me out. I sleep deeply for about 6 hours but then any sound immediately wakes me up and tha
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